Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Back in January I posted a list of 14 books I wanted to read in 2015. It was not meant to be an exhaustive list, and I knew that my son was due to be born three weeks later, so I really had no idea how this was going to go.

He was born the next day.

So things go.

Somewhat surprisingly, the amount of reading I have done this year is not drastically different than what I did last year (135 books). We still have a couple of weeks left in the month, but I'm confident I'm not going to quite hit that number. I will be in the 120's, though.

Two of the books on this list were not published in 2015. I can't say that I really expected to see The Winds of Winter, but because I put a GRRM book on the list every year no matter if it has a schedule or not, here it was. Scott Lynch's The Thorn of Emberlain has been pushed to 2016, which is good because it means I have more time to finally read Republic of Thieves. I just have to decide if I should re-read the first two books or just dive in. I'm mixed.

I have copies of The Black Wolves and Radiance sitting at home. Black Wolves is slated for a review, so I needed to clear some mental space off and finish up the Public Speaking course I took at the local community college (last day of class was yesterday). Now I can ready myself for the book. I do plan / want to read Radiance still, but it also won't be finished this year. Probably won't start this year.

Which leaves The Just City. I never got to it and it is pretty far down my list if I'm being honest.